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Mental health services are listed within the specific mental health topic pages listed above. Any mental health service that does not quite fit into one of these specialist mental health topics will appear at the bottom of this topic page in the services section.

There are 2 main mental health providers within NCL

1) Barnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health Trust

2) Camden and Islington Mental Health Trust

In addition to this, the local borough councils also provide provision of some mental health support services.

The Healthy London Partnership (HLP) has developed a range of materials designed to support GPs if they suspect someone may be experiencing a first episode of psychosis. Download the materials from the HLP website.

The Thrive LDN toolkits contain agreed city-wide public mental health messaging and resources from the wide-ranging partners involved in Thrive LDN.

Good Thinking: Digital mental wellbeing for London toolkit (free wellbeing resources)

Approved Mental Health Professionals (AMHP) Team

Approved Mental Health Professionals (AMHPs) work on behalf of local authorities to carry out a variety of functions under the Mental Health Act (MHA). One of their key responsibilities is to make applications for the detention of individuals in hospital, ensuring the MHA and its Code of Practice are followed. It is the AMHP’s duty, when two medical recommendations have been made, to decide whether or not to make the application for the detention of the person who has been assessed under the MHA, also known as sectioning. This includes considering the correct legal frameworks (Mental Capacity Act, including Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards), alternatives to admission, ensuring that the patient is involved, and identifying and involving their nearest relative.

If you require advice regarding a Mental Health Act Assessment or setting up an Mental Health Act Assessment, please contact your local AMHP team.

Area specific guidance for Islington

Islington Approved Mental Health Professionals team contact details

Monday to Friday (9am-5pm) t: 020 7561 4433Out of hours (bank holidays, after 5pm and weekends) contact Emergency Duty Team (EDT) at Islington Council t: 020 226 0992

Area specific guidance for Camden

Mental Capacity Act template

The template was designed by a pan-London working group as part of the London GP MCA quality improvement project. To use the template, download the files from the IT Tools page.

Area specific guidance for Barnet

Approved Mental Health Professional (AMHP) team 020 8702 4103/4104. Based at the Dennis Scott Unit, Edgware Hospital. If a person requires a Mental Health Act assessment because of an acute mental health episode and it is felt that they are at risk to themselves and/or others, a referral can be made to the AMHP team who can assess the situation at the persons home, in hospital, at the police station or at a place of safety (in and out of hours).

Area specific guidance for Enfield

Approved Mental Health Professional (AMHP) team 020 8702 4103/4104. Based at the Dennis Scott Unit, Edgware Hospital. If a person requires a Mental Health Act assessment because of an acute mental health episode and it is felt that they are at risk to themselves and/or others, a referral can be made to the AMHP team who can assess the situation at the persons home, in hospital, at the police station or at a place of safety (in and out of hours).

Area specific guidance for Haringey

Approved Mental Health Professional (AMHP) team 020 8702 4103/4104. Based at the Dennis Scott Unit, Edgware Hospital. If a person requires a Mental Health Act assessment because of an acute mental health episode and it is felt that they are at risk to themselves and/or others, a referral can be made to the AMHP team who can assess the situation at the persons home, in hospital, at the police station or at a place of safety (in and out of hours).